COLOURS OF GOOD AND EVIL. xli 



been pirated, were published ; and, after his death, two 

 spurious essays &quot; Of Death,&quot; and &quot; Of a King,&quot; the only 

 authentic posthumous essay being the fragment of an essay 

 on Fame, which was published by his friend and chaplain, 

 Dr. Rawley. 



The sacred meditations, which are twelve in number, (a) 

 are in the first edition in Latin, and have been partly in 

 corporated into subsequent editions of the Essays, and into 

 the Advancement of Learning, (b) 



The Colours of Good and Evil are ten in number, and 

 were afterwards inserted in the Advancement of Learn 

 ing, (c) in his tract on Rhetoric. 



Such was the nature of his first work, which was grate 

 fully received by his learned contemporaries, as the little 

 cloud seen by the prophet, and welcomed as the harbinger 

 of showers that would fertilise the whole country. 



While, in this year, the Earl of Essex was preparing for 1598. 

 his voyage, Bacon communicated to him his intention of &* 38 - 

 making a proposal of marriage to the Lady Hatton, the 

 wealthy widow of Sir William Hatton, and daughter of Sir 

 Thomas Cecil, and desired his lordship s interest in sup 

 port of his pretensions, trusting, he said, &quot; that the beams 

 of his lordship s pen might dissolve the coldness of his 



(a) Of the Works of God and Man. 



Of the Miracles of our Saviour. 



Of the Innocency of the Dove, and the Wisdom of the Serpent. 



Of the Exaltation of Charity. 



Of the Moderation of Cares. 



Of Earthly Hope. 



Of Hypocrites. 



Of Impostors. 



Of the several kinds of Imposture. 



Of Atheism. 



Of Heresies . 



Of the Church and the Scripture. 

 (6) See note 3 L at the end. (c) See vol. ii. p. 212. 



